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Comrades and friends mourn 21-year-old Israeli Staff Sgt. Matan Gotlib, killed the previous day in combat in the Gaza Strip, during his funeral at the military cemetery in the Israeli coastal city of Rishon Letzion. A hard-won internationally brokered truce between Israel and Palestinian militants collapsed within hours Friday after Israel said one of its soldiers was missing amid heavy fighting and may have been captured by Hamas fighters.

Australian and Dutch investigators examine a piece of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 near the village of Hrabove, Ukraine. The investigators, plus officials with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, traveled from the separatist-held city of Donetsk in 15 cars and a bus to the crash site.

A veteran walks among red poppies in the moat of the Tower of London. The tower moat is slowly turning red as 888,246 ceramic poppies are planted in memory of the British and Commonwealth dead from World War I.

A"'sunken" house, part of an art installation at the Kunsthalle Rostock museum in Rostock, Germany, sits in a pond on the museum grounds. The installation by Finnish artist Tea Maekkipaeae is part of the exhibition Nature and More.

The Tiger Squadron flies overhead as part of a public memorial ceremony in Torrance for Louis Zamperini, who died July 2 at 97. Zamperini, known as the "Torrance Tornado," was a World War II and Olympic hero, and his life story inspired the bestselling book and upcoming movie "Unbroken.''

A Balinese man burns a sarcophagus in the shape of buffalo during a Balinese Hindu mass cremation in Ubud, Bali. More than 100 corpses were collectively cremated in the ceremony that takes place every four years.

A rescue team searching for missing persons walks down a collapsed street past vehicles that were flung into the air by a series of massive gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The explosions about midnight Thursday and early Friday ripped through Taiwan's second-largest city, killing scores of people.

A street that collapsed after a series of underground explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is seen in an aerial view. The explosions, believed to be caused by leaks from a petrochemical plant, blew up several roads, killing at least 22 people and injuring some 270.

Pedestrians take pictures of a Humphead wrasse, also know as Napoleon fish, and other species on display at an aquarium in central Tokyo. The exhibit includes about 1,000 fish representing 25 species from the southwestern Japanese islands of Kerama, near Okinawa.

A protester delivers debris collected from an alley at 101st and San Pedro streets to the doorstep of New York Mellon Bank on Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles to protest what a group known as Fix LA calls "toxic" deals between the city and large Wall Street firms. Fix LA wants the city to renegotiate a deal with the bank that it estimates has cost the city up to $65 million.

Fires spews from the cannon of an Israeli 155 mm artillery piece as it fires into the Gaza Strip from a base in southern Israel. Two weeks after starting its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel has mobilized 16,000 more reserve troops.

Ten-year-old Marram and her brother Hamsa, 6, wait for the water to be turned on at the school where they and their family are staying in downtown Gaza City. Three and a half weeks into the conflict between Israeli and Hamas forces, water, food and other basics are becoming more and more difficult to procure.

A Liberian typist works using gloves as a protective measure against the deadly Ebola virus in Monrovia. Many Liberians have taken to wearing gloves and washing hands after every interaction in an attempt to curb the spread of the deadly virus. Over 672 people have died of Ebola in West Africa this year making it the world's deadliest outbreak of the virus according to statistics from the United Nations.

A just married couple walks past an art installation showing an unexploded bomb in the center of Lviv, Ukraine, close to Poland's border. Through the installation, the NGO Varta-1 aims to raise residents' awareness about the current conflict in the country, about 745 miles to the east.

A Tibetan monk walks past a portrait of revered Tibetan Buddhist monk Shamar Rinpoche during his funeral at the Shar Minub monastery near Katmandu, Nepal. Fearing protests, Nepal had initially refused to let the remains of the 62-year-old monk inside the country but later relented.

An Indian farmer works in a parched paddy field at Medak district, about 37 miles from Hyderabad. India's rainfall is nearly 35% below average since the start of the monsoon season (June to September). Rice planting is 18% lower than the same period last year.

Firefighters, workers and volunteers clear mud and water from the court at Pauley Pavilion after a major water main break sent a geyser of water blasting through Sunset Boulevard and onto the campus of UCLA.

Ibraheem Abu Edea holds the body of his 1-year-old daughter, Jude, killed after a U.N. school being used as a shelter was hit by Israeli tank shells early Wednesday morning, killing at least 15 people.

Young Indian Hindu devotees of Lord Shiva wade through floodwaters as they return from collecting water from the river Ganges, as they head toward the holy Hindu city of Varanasi during the month of Shravan, in Allahabad.

Visitors are silhouetted as they enjoy the scene of the Aceh Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, closed some business activities for few days.

Men gather to pray Tuesday outside the Ameen Mohammed mosque in Gaza City that was completely destroyed by Israeli forces overnight. Debris is scattered all over the courtyard. Five mosques were destroyed in a night of heavy bombing.

Israelis take cover during a rocket attack by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip during the funeral of Israeli Cpl. Meidan Maymon Biton, 20, at the cemetery in the southern Israeli city of Netivot. Meidan was killed the previous day when a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip hit the Eshkol regional council, which flanks Gaza's southern border with Israel.

A woman rushes into her house past the body of a community service worker who was killed during the shelling of a residential apartment house in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine on Tuesday. Residents said the shelling came from Ukrainian army positions.

Community activist Najee Ali, center left, talks with Jasmyne Cannick, center right, outside the home of Compton school board member Skyy Fisher following Fisher's arrest. Cannick is a spokeswoman for Fisher, while Ali wants him to resign. Fisher was arrested in San Diego County on charges of oral copulation of a unconscious victim. The demonstrators are demanding Fisher's resignation from the Compton school board while Cannick thinks the issue should be taken up by the Compton school board and not outside the Fisher home.

People walk through crop circles created in a cornfield near Raisting, southern Germany. According to media reports, a balloonist had discovered the pattern some days ago. Since then, hundreds of people have visited the field. It is unclear who created the pattern.

A Beefeater guard walks among red poppies in the moat at the Tower of London. The Tower of London moat is slowly turning red as some 888,246 ceramic poppies are planted in memory of the British and Commonwealth dead from World War I. The year 2014 sees the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Great War, which according to official statistics cost more than 37 million military and civilian casualties between 1914 and 1918.

The Week in Pictures | July 28-Aug. 3, 2014

Each week we bring you the very best in visual journalism. This week the eyes of the world have been focused on the Middle East, where a truce between Israel and Palestinian militants collapsed within hours Friday after Israel said one of its soldiers was missing and may have been captured. More photos

Monrovia, Liberia: A typist uses gloves at work as a protective measure to avoid the deadly Ebola virus. More than 672 people have died of Ebola in West Africa this year, making it the world’s deadliest outbreak of the virus, according to statistics from the United Nations.

Hrabove, Ukraine: Australian and Dutch investigators examine a piece of wreckage from the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. More photos

London: A veteran walks among some of the 888,246 ceramic poppies that are planted in the moat of the Tower of London in memory of the British and Commonwealth dead from World War I.

Raisting, Germany: People walk through crop circles in a cornfield. According to media reports, a balloonist had discovered the circle some days ago. Since then, hundreds of people have come to the field. However, it is unclear who created the pattern.

Dhaka, Bangladesh: People heading home for the Eid al-Fitr holiday overload the roof of a train at the Airport Railway Station.

Madrid: The sky lights up above a forest on the city’s outskirts light up during the annual Perseid meteor shower.

Westwood: Firefighters and volunteers clear mud and water from the court at Pauley Pavilion after a major water main break sent a geyser blasting high above Sunset Boulevard and water streaming onto the campus of UCLA. More photos

Huntington Beach: Josh Kerr of Carlsbad competes in the U.S. Open of Surfing.

Torrance: The Tiger Squadron flies overhead during a public memorial for Louis Zamperini, who died July 2 at age 97. Zamperini was a World War II and Olympic hero whose life story inspired the bestselling book and upcoming movie “Unbroken.”

Add stops in Moscow, Seoul, Bali, Scotland, India, North Korea and the Philippines to round out the report.